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First daughter Ivanka Trump gets West Wing office AP National News

March 21, 2017

WASHINGTON (AP) — Cementing her role as a powerful White House influence, Ivanka Trump is working out of a West Wing office and will get access to classified information, though she is not technically serving as a government employee, according to an attorney for the first daughter. Since President Donald Trump took office, his eldest daughter has been a visible presence in the White House, where her husband, Jared Kushner, already serves as a senior adviser. On Friday, she participated in a meeting on vocational training with the president and German Chancellor Angela Merkel. Jamie Gorelick, an attorney and ethics adviser for Ivanka Trump, said Monday that the first daughter will not have an official title, but will get a West Wing office, government-issued communications devices and security clearance to access classified information. Gorelick said Ivanka Trump would follow the ethics rules that apply to government employees. “Our view is that the conservative approach is for Ivanka to voluntarily comply with the rules that would apply if she were a government employee, even though she is not,” said Gorelick, who also helped Kushner with the legal strategy that led to his White House appointment. “The White House Counsel’s Office agrees with that approach.” Ivanka Trump’s role has already come under scrutiny because there is little precedent for a member of the first family with this kind of influence. The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A person with knowledge of Ivanka Trump’s thinking, who requested…more detail

HER father has just become the most powerful man on earth. But Ivanka Trump has been busy celebrating another family milestone as her adorable 10-month-old son Theodore crawled for the very first time. Instagram 5 Ivanka Trump has shared a video of her 10-month-old son Theodore crawling for the very first time on Instagram The 35-year-old first daughter beamed with pride as the tot slowly moved on his hands and knees across the carpeted floors of the White House. Ivanka shared the sweet clip on Instagram, with the caption: "There were so many incredible milestones this past weekend - including…... [read more]

THEY'VE spent less than a week in their swanky new digs. But it seems Ivanka Trump, her husband Jared Kushner and their three young children are well and truly settled into their Washington DC home. Goodnight! 🐻 A photo posted by Ivanka Trump (@ivankatrump) on Jan 24, 2017 at 5:01pm PST The 35-year-old businesswoman and eldest daughter of Donald Trump share an adorable photograph of her youngest son Theodore inside his minimalist new nursery on Tuesday evening. Ivanka posted the sweet image, which shows the ten-month-old beaming at the camera, on Instagram with the caption: "Goodnight!" Little Theodore is dressed…... [read more]

One of the first acts taken by Donald Trump’s administration was to rule that his son-in-law could become senior advisor without any conflict of interest with federal anti-nepotism laws. The Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel addressed new US President in an official document published on the day of his inauguration. The department’s ruling enabled Mr Trump’s daughter Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner, to be promoted to the role of senior advisor. Federal anti-nepotism laws in the US prevent relatives from being appointed to government positions. But Mr Trump transition team argued they only apply to jobs in federal agencies and…... [read more]

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Latest on President Donald Trump (all times EST): 6:55 p.m. President Donald Trump's press secretary is declaring that Trump's inauguration had the largest audience in history "both in person and around the globe." With Capitol Hill in the background, President Donald Trump and the first family ride in a motorcade during the inaugural parade in Washington, Friday, Jan. 20, 2017, after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) Sean Spicer insists that, "This was the largest audience to ever witness an inauguration, period." Spicer offers no evidence…... [read more]

WASHINGTON President Donald Trump can hire his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser without breaking federal anti-nepotism laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said.In a letter dated Jan. 20 posted on its website, the department's Office of Legal Counsel said the president has special hiring authority that exempts White House positions from laws barring the president from naming a relative to lead a federal agency. The New York Times first reported the decision, saying it was posted to the department's site on Saturday. Questions about Kushner's role emerged as voters and lawmakers questioned potential conflicts of interest…... [read more]

President Donald Trump can hire his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, as a senior White House adviser without breaking federal anti-nepotism laws, the U.S. Department of Justice said. In a letter dated Jan. 20 posted on its website, the department's Office of Legal Counsel said the president has special hiring authority that exempts White House positions from laws barring the president from naming a relative to lead a federal agency. Your browser does not support iframes. The New York Times first reported the decision, saying it was posted to the department's site on Saturday. Questions about Kushner's role emerged as voters and…... [read more]

Hundreds of thousands of women turned Washington’s National Mall into a sea of pink on Saturday, sending the first concerted message of grassroots opposition to Donald Trump since he moved into the White House. “Minority president”, “Women roar” and “I’m afraid” were among the signs waved by a crowd, made up mostly of women but also comprising some men, that far exceeded turnout for Friday’s inauguration. Many wore pink handknit “pussy hats” – a rebuke to the billionaire businessman once caught on tape boasting: “Grab them by the pussy.” The noise of popular protest contrasted sharply with the solemn mood…... [read more]

President Donald Trump moved to mend his tumultuous relationship with America's spy agencies Saturday, traveling to CIA headquarters on his first full day in office and assuring officials, "I am so behind you." But the president quickly shifted from praise for the CIA to criticism of media coverage of Inauguration Day, in an unscripted address that overstated the size of the crowd that gathered on the National Mall as he took the oath of office. Trump said throngs "went all the way back to the Washington monument," despite photos and live video showing the crowd stopping well short of the…... [read more]

Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump, has been approved to work in the Trump administration as an unpaid adviser, the Justice Department announced on Saturday. The early morning memo said that Kushner's appointment would not violate federal anti-nepotism laws, despite concerns about ethical gray areas. “We conclude that section 3110 [of the U.S. Code] does not bar this appointment,” according to the 14-page memo from the Justice Department. "We believe that the President’s special hiring authority in 3 U.S.C. § 105(a) permits him to make appointments to the White House Office that the anti-nepotism statute might otherwise forbid."…... [read more]

WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Justice has decided that President Donald Trump can hire his son-in-law Jared Kushner as a senior White House adviser without breaking federal anti-nepotism laws, The New York Times reported on Saturday. The department has found that the president has special hiring authority that exempts White House positions from federal laws barring the president from appointing relatives to lead a federal agency, the newspaper reported, citing an opinion from the department's Office of Legal Counsel dated Jan. 20. (Reporting by Lisa Lambert; editing by Kevin Drawbaugh, G Crosse)... [read more]